Kanatronic

I looked under the vehicle and not sure if yours is like mine, but mine has a black plastic splash guard in the way all across the front side, and only leave you an small hole on each corner, to inser the hand in there, of course I just took a quick peak but I do not think that there is room enough to do that, unless you remove the black thing (at least partially)....

Thanks for the reply. I did read it, but it is not very detailed, as for example, the case of the tail lights that they even have a picture or a diagram of how to remove them. Just for curiosity what th hell is the splash guard? How hard is to remove it? I know that the back of the lamp is the same as the low beams, but looking under it, I did not see any access to the bulbs.... :angry:

I just replaced my front low and hi beams with the Nightbreakers and some HIR1 from Toshiba, this upgrade left me a good taste in my mouth and I was wondering how hard are to replace the fog light bulbs as well. The fronts were a piece of cake, I asked Daniel Stern and he recomended me the Nightbreakers as well, but my only concern is how hard to replace they are, are they accesible as the low and high beams, any experience on those???

I just replaced my front low and hi beams with the Nightbreakers and some HIR1 from Toshiba, this upgrade left me a good taste in my mouth and I was wondering how hard are to replace the fog light bulbs as well. The fronts were a piece of cake, I asked Daniel Stern and he recomended me the Nightbreakers as well, but my only concern is how hard to replace they are, are they accesible as the low and high beams, any experience on those???

I just replaced my front low and hi beams with the Nightbreakers and some HIR1 from Toshiba, this upgrade left me a good taste in my mouth and I was wondering how hard are to replace the fog light bulbs as well. The fronts were a piece of cake, I asked Daniel Stern and he recomended me the Nightbreakers as well, but my only concern is how hard to replace they are, are they accesible as the low and high beams, any experience on those???

Com'on man be serious, they are all sellers, OK let's assume they are among the good ones... According to some research I did the 2ohms rating is just ot take under consideration the loss becasue of the cabling and coil heating, which bumps it a couple of ohms after, so they are basically 4ohms at the end....I'm considering those, a set of JBL's and the Morel tempo, those are my favorites but still need ot find out about the fit...About the returns, IIRC usually mounted speakers with marks are not returnable, so be careful, not to scratch them... BTW they may be conservative and also expensive as hell....LOL...

I'm not saying that it will damage the headunit, indeed the headunit have protection for shorting as well, but you create an imbalance in the volume in reference with the subwoofer, the subwoofer is matched to the existing speakers, which are 4 ohms of impednace, placing 2 ohms will make them sound louder in reference to the subwoofer volume...anyway if you like the result good, but I suggest to attach to the riginal impedance 4 ohms, if the Kappa gives you the option, just change them to 4 ohms...

Forget about what a seller can tell you, they are all after sales, specially if they have a good stock of them... I have a little knowledge on audio, working as an audio dealer for a while, and I can tell that if the stock are 4 ohms, the replacement should be 4 ohms as well, unless you are replacing all spekaers including the subwoofer as well for a 2 ohms with similar sesitivity. Otherwise you may create a mismatch in the volume as the 2 ohms tend to be louder than the 4 ohms, at the same volume (unless restricted by the xover) so in other words, they will be overpowering the sound over the subwoofer, messing the integration that you should have among them, unless you have a way to increase the volume of the sub, or decrasing the volume on the speakers, but you have no way of doing it, unless with a dedicated amp....

The car stays on for 20 minutes if started by the remote start, after 20 minutes it will shut down...How is that thing of the antenna are you serious I would place a yagi is I need to just ot start if from long distance specially at my work, it is visible???

THe only thing i do not like about it was that is only effective at around 33' from the vehicle, at that distance I'm almost inside the car, and the panic button is also not very effective, any way of increasing that distance?

Which is the exact size for them? Most fo the sites carry 5x7 and 6x9, but not 5x8??? Aslo does anybody had measured the niminal impedance of the stock ones, the Kappa are rated 2 ohms, before pulling the plug I would like to know of the stock are rated two ohms, does anybody cna maesure them with a multimeter across de leads... I mean, that has much to do with the sensitivity, and overall SPL at a given power, as we do not want to replace the subwoofer? Usually 2 ohms speakers tend to be louder for the same output than a 4 ohms one...

Not sure fi the Edga has an internal filter for the air, those usually are easily replaceable, and if the odor is attached to it, it will came back as soon as you use the AC again...try replacing it...

Please read about lighting in the Daniel Stern Website. Most of those "xeon upgrades" are just blue painted halogen bulbs, which are not an step over rather than a downgrade on the lighting, as the blue glass will filter all the freqs we actually need to see at night...

We beleive so, but that has not been confirmed by any offcial source, and no service manager has been able to tell me why for sure, and I have not read any official statement from Ford saying that it is due to the design of the converter, honestly it is better t obeleive that is due to that, ratherthan a defect...LOL...But OTOH they implemented a sofware upgrade also in the plant, according to the TSB...so maybe on top of that, there was something wrong on the settings as well...

Do a search online and read these articles, HID if properly designed and implemented are aceptable, but many of the aftermarket solutions are not so good as many people believe, besides of being really bothersome for the ones in front of you, and expensive, there are other factors to consider, the kind of light they produce are not the best for the night view, according to some trusty sources about the matter, which much prefer a good halogen lamp (specially the new HIR) to them, just read below a few articles about that, and do not follow the hipe blindly... http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bu...advantages.html http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/li...ight_color.html http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/bulbs.html

If yours was manufactured after February 2008, you do not need the service, the service is for the first models, I took mine and they did nothing to it, as mine was manufactured in June. If it still rolls, it will do it for life, until they decided to change the design, no setting on the transmission will avoid a 2 tons vehicle from rolling down in incline if no brake is applied, unless any internal mechanical part is redesigned, or the rpms in idle are increased to create the needed torque, all of the above will attempt against the mileage you will get.

Sometimes the most obvious sources are neglected, and in mine most of the times the rattle noise comes from the seat belt buckle hitting the side of the wall, try to cover it on foam and see if this helps....

I now that the dealers and manuals recommend regular gas, and I have a question for you guys, not sure but the Regular gas is supposed to have less additives than the Premium, according to what is said, right? Well I used to work in a gas station for some time and every-time we compare the three kinds of gas, the regular gas was always darker in color, like brownish, yellowish, and always stinks, the premium was always a lot more transparent, I do not now if any additive that cleans the color of the gas, making it more transparent, all the opposite. All of them are darker, how is that possible? Also and not sure why but the regular gas is always more dirty, like more opaque...and all the cars that usually use regular gas, the gas filters were always a lot dirtier than the ones using premium while replaced in our shop... On my old Taurus, a 2000, with 125,000 miles on it, but still working very nice, with regular gas the knocking is really noticeable, with premium, dead silent, something is going on, not sure why? It seems that not all regular gas is the same along the US, or maybe it is not stored with the same care as the more expensive ones...BTW they reco also regular gas on the taurus....

Does anybody know if Ford has found any really feasible working solution for that problem yet? Any PDF with the info of the service bulletin that we can use ot show the dealer what to do, or at least what to look for?

You will not get the title till you pay it in full, the bank holds the title, I think that you can refinance it though, even without it...

Right now I think that is mandatory by law, mainly all gas stations all along the US are dispensing the gas with 10% ethanol on it (E-87), in all three kinds...I have seen the same stupid stickers on the pumps of the 10% along the whole year. Anyway I got mine in september, and it has now around 1100 miles, I have not been able to get more than 11-12 mpg using regular gas (87 octane) driving on the city...

X2...I sent a PM to you as well, iKONA. I'm intersted in the vapor silver ones...

Hi Guys I recently purchased an Edge SEL, and unfortunately regardless of having parking in my home and in my office there is no way I could avoid the bumpers from getting "touched and blessed" by careless/bad drivers, I was trying to get on line a decent solution to that problem but other than sitting someone inside the car while it is parked I do not see any other... Do you have any experiences with any retailer that sell and install those chromed bars, on the front and back at least to avoid the paint to get chipped? Any reco of a custom made product or any store that could provide them? Any help will be really appreciated...